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Tourn :: Tourn (n.) A spinning wheel.

Spreadingly :: Spreader (n.) A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form a sliver preparatory to spinning.

Spinule :: Spinstry (n.) The business of one who spins; spinning.

English :: English (n.) A twist or spinning motion given to a ball in striking it that influences the direction it will take after touching a cushion or another ball.

Cot :: Cot (n.) A cover or sheath; as, a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame); a cot for a sore finger..

Throstle :: Throstle (n.) A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous; -- so called because it makes a singing noise..

Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) A spool or reel of various material and construction, with a head at one or both ends, and sometimes with a hole bored through its length by which it may be placed on a spindle or pivot. It is used to hold yarn or thread, as in spinning or warping machines, looms, sewing machines, etc..

Sliver :: Sliver (n.) A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which preceeds spinning..

Spinnies :: Spinning () a. & n. from Spin.

Spinner :: Spinner (n.) One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a spinning machine..

Drawing :: Drawing (n.) The process of pulling out and elongating the sliver from the carding machine, by revolving rollers, to prepare it for spinning..

Felt :: Felt (n.) A cloth or stuff made of matted fibers of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving..

Carding :: Carding (a.) The act or process of preparing staple for spinning, etc., by carding it. See the Note under Card, v. t..

Hemp :: Hemp (n.) The fiber of the skin or rind of the plant, prepared for spinning. The name has also been extended to various fibers resembling the true hemp..

Spin :: Spin (v. i.) To practice spinning; to work at drawing and twisting threads; to make yarn or thread from fiber; as, the woman knows how to spin; a machine or jenny spins with great exactness..

Spin :: Spin (n.) The act of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a bicycle..

Fate :: Fate (n.) The three goddesses, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, sometimes called the Destinies, or Parcaewho were supposed to determine the course of human life. They are represented, one as holding the distaff, a second as spinning, and the third as cutting off the thread..

Frame :: Frame (n.) A term applied, especially in England, to certain machines built upon or within framework; as, a stocking frame; lace frame; spinning frame, etc..

Jenny :: "Jenny (n.) A machine for spinning a number of threads at once, -- used in factories..

Spin :: Spinning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spi.

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